In the Air With Zipline’s Medical Delivery Drones
Commercial operations in Rwanda prove the company can deliver emergency blood packs in minutes, rather than hours Rwanda is known as the land of a thousand hills, and our car seems to go over every one of them as we drive from the small town of…
Katie Bouman: An IEEE member behind the first black hole image
Black holes have always increased our curiosity, and have been throughout the years many times in the center of interest in different sectors. Being first predicted by Albert Eistein’s theory of relativity, black holes became the astronomers focus, to search and find overwhelming evidence that…
Can AI Detect Deepfakes To Help Ensure Integrity of U.S. 2020 Elections?
Startup Deeptrace is racing to develop automated detection of fake videos and images as U.S. 2020 elections loom A perfect storm arising from the world of pornography may threaten the U.S. elections in 2020 with disruptive political scandals having nothing to do with actual affairs. Instead, face-swapping…
Student Member Designs a Heated Jacket to Help Breast Cancer Patients
The Care Coat could help relieve chronic pain caused by a mastectomy About 30 percent of women who have had breast cancer surgery experience post-mastectomy pain syndrome, nerve pain that occurs in the chest wall or armpit, according to the American Cancer Society (ACS). The National Cancer Institute reports that…
Q&A: Quantum Computing’s Researcher Shortage
Expert William Hurley says the problem could be solved by opening up the field to software developers The race is on to build quantum computers and associated technologies. But U.S. businesses and universities are growing concerned there aren’t enoughqualified engineers and researchers to meet demand, according to…
The Consumer Electronics Hall of Fame
Here are the stories behind the best gadgets of the past 50 years We’re all gadget hounds now. In developed countries, we wake up to our smartphones, we consult them obsessively all day, and then fall asleep with them by our side. Between dawn and…
IEEE and Google Partnership for DevFest Ankara 2018
On November 17, DevFest’18 the biggest tech conference at Ankara was co-organized by Google Developer Group (GDG) and IEEE Hacettepe University Student Branch. The conference held in the capital of Turkey, and it was attended by almost 900 people who are interested in technology. Let’s get…
Spinal Stimulation Enables Three People With Paraplegia to Walk Again
Combined with other recent studies, new evidence points to electrical stimulation as a promising treatment for paralysis Three men with paraplegia are able to walk after being treated with electrical stimulation of their spinal cords. The treatment, combined with physical therapy, enabled the men to overcome years-old…
Tech Startup Thorn Takes Aim at Child Sexual Exploitation and Trafficking
The company, cofounded by actor Ashton Kutcher, develops tools to help identify victims and catch criminals The sexual exploitation and trafficking of children is a serious problem worldwide. Children account for nearly one-third of identified trafficking victims globally, according to UNICEF. Today’s technology provides traffickers with convenient…
These Researchers Want to Send Smells Over the Internet
Electrical stimulation of cells in the nasal passages produces sweet fragrances and chemical odors Imagine a virtual reality movie about the Civil War where you can smell the smoke from the soldiers’ rifles. Or an online dating site where the profiles are scented with perfume…
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